The Power of Letting Go

I've been thinking a lot lately about letting go: about how easy it is to say and how hard it is to actually do. 

It's hard to let go. To let go of things. To let go of attachments. To let go of beliefs that no longer serve you. To let go of old stories. To let go of people. To let go of the way things were. And it's especially hard to let go of children.

It's ironic to me that parenting asks you to be all in all the time. To give love unconditionally. To be totally present and then it tells you … or makes you … let go. Just like that; you are asked to let go. It's the cycle … or circle … of life. You give your all and if you do your children are supposed to feel loved, secure and independent. Independent enough to go off and live their own lives. And you the parent are supposed to be totally fine with that. You are supposed to wave goodbye with a big smile on your face and feel like you did good.